Egg-case



(Model.)

D. NEEPUS, Jr., 8v L. MILLER.

I BGG G'ASE. Y No. 250,674. Patented De0.13,1881.

N. PEYERS. Pham-Lil'hompw. washington. D.C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID NEEEUS, JR., AND LEE MILLER, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

EGG-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,674, dated December 13, 1881.

Application filed July S14, 1879. Renewed June 30, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID NEEFUS, Jr., and LEE MILLER, both of the city of Elizabeth, county of Union, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Egg-Cases, ot' which the following is a specification.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement in suitable receptacles of series ot' holders composed oi' cup-shaped coils ot' wire, each holder consisting ot' complementary sections, which, when adjusted to each other as hereinafter explained, will embrace and sustain the article to be kept or conveyed and protect it from injury by reason of any shock or movement.

rIhe accompanying drawing, in which similar letters ot' reference indicate like parts, represents a device embodying our invention, the case consisting of a plain rectangular wooden box comprising a body, A, and a lid, A', the formercomposed of a bottom, B, and side pieces, C, and the latter of a top, D, and side pieces, E, the parts A and A' being` connected by and turning upon hinges It. The case is furnished with a simple fastening consisting of a hook, Gr, and a staple, G'.

The case is furnished with twelve holders, each of which consists of two separate complementary sections, H and H', composed of wire attached to the bottom of the body and to the top of the lid at the points I and I', and bent spirally away from and around such points in gradually-widening curves, so as to form hollow cup-shaped coils, their mouths or openings being turned away from the points of attachment. These complementary sections are arranged by placing in each part of the casez'. e., in the body and lid-an equal number ot' them, in such manner that when the case is closed each section will exactly meetits complementary section in the other part of the case.

Neither the material of which the case is composed nor the form ofthe caseis material. It may be made of any suitable material and in any convenient form, and the holders may be attached either to parts of the receptacle itself, or to trays or other supportsinclosed within it.

What we claim as our invention, and that for which we desire protection by Letters Patent, is

In a receptacle otl the character and for the purpose indicated, the combination of suitable supports,A and A', with holders consisting of separate complementary sections H and H', composed of cup-shaped coils of wire, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

DAVE) NEEEUs, JR. LEE MILLER.

Witnesses GEORGE H. YOUNG, W. W. COOK. 

